Paint-can



(No Model.)

M. A. MARZYNSKI. PAINT GAN Patented Mar. '26, 1895.

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NVEPJTU WITNEEE IEE- U I D. STATES:

MORRIS A. MARZYNSKI, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

PAINT-CAN.

, SPECIFICATION fo ming part of Letters Patent No. 536,217, dated March26, Iss5.

Application filed May 19, 1894:. Serial No. 511,791. (No model) 7 To aZZ whom itmay concern.-

Be it known that I, MORRIS A. MARZYNSKI,

residing in'Boston, county of Suffolk, and

State of Massachusetts, have in vented an Improvement in Paint-Cans, of which the folloW-' ing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specificatiomlike d ra'wi n gs re pre- .49.7,901, filed by me January 24, 1894, in which the can or receptacle employed for holding paint, oil, lard, 850., is liquid tight when closed and whose cover can be utilized after the can has been opened. Y

. My present' invention has for its object to improve, simplify and cheapen cans of the class referred to, and I accomplish my object primarily by making the can body in one piece of metal with an annular inwardly extended chan nelor groove located near the upper portion or top of the can body, and into which is turned an inwardly extended edge or lip on a downwardlyextended flange of the cover, which is fitted upon the-outside of I the can. 'The can body, above the groove referred to, is provided'with a straight orvertical'portion, provided with an inwardly turned lip or rim to afford a bearing or supporting surface for a packing disk or ring, and this inwardly turned lip or rim may be provided with a depending flange; with which oo-operates a depending double flange or fold on the under side of the cover, which latter flange or fold serves to strengthen the can at its upper portion to enable it to withstand severe shocks or blows. These and other features of this invention willbe pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification. Figure 1 isa vertical section of a can em-' bodying this invention and such as commonly employed to hold paint, the thickness of the material comprising the can being exaggerwhich may be of any desired or suitable depth and which is of sufficient width to receive an inwardly projecting annularlip or rim 0, of an annular depending flange or of the cover 0,

The' can body a above the groove or channel a is provided with a vertical or straight portion 2, which, as herein shown, is bent inwardly to form the annular lip or rim 3 pref= era'bly provided with an annular depending flange 4, within which is fitted an annular depending fold or double flange 5 on the under side of the cover, and preferably formed by making an annular crease or bend in the top of the cover so that the portion of the cover within the circumference of the said double fold is substantially flush with that portion of the top of the cover'outside of or beyond the said double fold, whereby a smooth, flat top or upper surface of the cover is obtained, which facilitates packing and affords a firm support for a can placed upon the said cover. The parts of the'double flange or fold 5 are preferably I pressed substantially in contact as represented in Fig. 2. An annular ringb of packinwardly projecting lipo on the depending flange a of the cover a fitting into the annular groove or channel a made in the body a of the can. I

In.practice,-the can body with its inwardly projecting groove or channel 0., its lip or rim 3 and flange 4 may be formed out of one piece of stock,and the liquid tight joint may be ob-.

tained without the use of solder. I

In the drawings, the size of the groove a and of the lip or edge a is exaggerated to more clearly show the. construction. In practice,

the vertical portion 2 above the groove a will preferably be of smaller diameter than the body below the groove so that when the cover is fitted to the can, the flange a will be substantially flush with the body a of the can below the groove.

It will be. understood that the lip a is straight and forms a continuation of the flange a when the cover is first applied to the can body and is turned into the groove or channel a after the cover has been fitted over the can body, and that the drawings show the said groove and lip very much larger than would be the case in the commercial article.

I claim-- 1. A can for paint and like substances comprising a can body provided at its upper end with an inwardly projecting rim or lip, and a cover provided with a double fold fitted within the said inwardly projecting rim or lip, and having that portion within the double fold substantially flush with that portion beyond the said fold and with a depending outer flange vfitted over the top of the can body, substantially as described.

2. A can for paint and like substances comprising a cylindrical body a provided with an annular groove or channel a, and with the vertical portion 2 above the said groove having the annular inwardly projecting rim or lip 3, and a cover provided with the flange fitted over the vertical portion 2, the annular lip extended into said groove, and the double fold 5 on the cover fitted within the annular lip or rim, and having that portion within the circumference of the double fold substantially flush with the portion of the cover outside of the said fold, substantially as described.

3. A can for paint and like substances comprising a cylindrical body a provided with an annular groove or channel a and with the vertical portion 2 above the said groove hav ing the annular inwardly projecting rim or lip 3, provided with the depending flange 4, and a cover having the annular depending double fold to co-operate with the flange 4, and provided with the depending flange it having the inwardly projecting lip extended into the groove a,'substantiall y as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of 5 two subscribing witnesses.

MORRIS A. MARZYNSKI. lVitnesses.

JAs. H. CHURCHILL, J. MURPHY. 

